Apparatus for cleaning cellular tissues used in clarifying beer.



Patented Sept. '23, I92.

` c. SPINDLERl APPARATUS FOR CLEANING CE LLULAB TISSUES USED IN CLABIFYING BEER. (Application ined Apr. 2, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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No. 709,652. vPatented sept. 23,` |902. c. SPINULEH.

APPARATUS FR CLEANING CELLULAR TIS-SUES USED IN CLARIFYING BEER.

(Application med Apr. 2, 1902.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STaTns lRaTpNT Trice CHARLES SPINDLER, OF JERSEY Cl'lY, NEW JERSEY.

APPARATUS FOR CLEANING CELLULAR TISSUES USED IN CLARlFYING BEER.

SPECIFICATION storming' part of Letters Patent No. 709,652, dated September 23, 1 902.

.Application filed April 2, 1902, Serial No. 101,089. (No model.)

To al?, who-m, t may concern:

Be it known that l, CHARLES SPINDLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning Cellular Tissues Used in Clarifying Beer, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved apparatus for cleaning cellular tissues of wood, cotton, asbestos, or similar material when used for the purpose of clarifying beer or other liquors, a further object being to provide an apparatus of this class which is simple in construction and operation and by means of which the required work may be done much more quickly and effectively than with other apparatus for this purpose now in use.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved apparatus, aud ljig. 2 a sectionalside elevation thereof.

In the practice of my invention I provide a tub or cylindrical receptacle @,which is preferably open at the top and provided with a -transverse bracket a2, over the central portion of which is arranged a yoke or support a3, and passing vertically through the bracket d2 is a tube b, provided with a beveled gearwheel b2, which is rigidly secured thereto by a key or otherwise, and the lower end of the tube b is provided with a tubular cross-head b3, with which is connected a plurality of depending tubular arms b4, which are in communication with the cross-head b3 and the lower ends of which are open. The cross-head Z13 of the tube is slightly shorter in length than the transverse diameter of the receptacle ct, and the tubular arms b4 extend downwardly almost to the bottom of said tub or receptacle.

The yoke or support a3 is provided with a packing-box c, with which is connected a three-Way coupling c2, which is in communithe bracket a2, is a shaft d2, provided with a beveled gear-wheel d3, which operates in connection with the wheel b2, and said shaft d2 is provided with a fixed pulley d4 and a loose pulley d5.

At one side ofthe tank or tub a and near the top thereof are overflow ports or passages e and e2, which may be closed by a plug e3, only one of which is shown, and secured just beneath the bottom overflow port or passage e2, as shown atf, is an annular screen f2, between the top portion of which and the walls of the tub or receptacle ct is an annular space g, and one end of the cross-head b3 is provided with a linger g2, which when the said cross-head is turned moves over the inner surface of said screen and removes therefrom any matter that may be deposited thereon.

ln clarifying or purifying beer or similar liquids it is customary to pack cellular tissues of wood, cotton, asbestos or suitable material in a suitable receptacle and filter the beer or other liquids there through, and in this operation the cellular tissues become clogged with yeast or albuminous matter and the capacity of the filter is decreased and the operation thereof rendered ineffective audit becomes necessary to cleanse or clean the cellular tissues, and it is forthis purpose that the apparatus herein described and claimed is provided. Various forms of apparatus have heretofore been employed for the purpose specified, and in such apparatus steam is generally introduced to kill or` sterilize the yeast-germs, an agitator being employed for the purpose of stirring or moving the pulp in a tub or other suitable receptacle, water being also employed to wash out the albuminous and other substances; and in other apparatus air is sometimes introduced in jets from outside the receptacle while the tissues to be cleaned are agitated. In my improved apparatus the tissues to be cleaned are placed in the tub or receptacle a, the cross-head b3 is revolved by means of the shaft d2, and steam is first introduced to kill the germs, after which air and Water are introduced IOO through the tubular extentions c3, c4, and c5 of the coupling c2. In this operation the contents of the tub or receptacle are continuously agitated, and the introduction of steam,

air, and Water creates an action within said tub or receptacle which thoroughly cleanses and purifies the cellular tissues, and as the albu minous and other matteris removed from said tissues it rises and passes through the screen f2 and out through the ports or passages e and e2,aud the sing.,%r gconnected withthe cross-head b3, keeps the screen f2 clean and removes any pulp therefrom that might be deposited thereon. The turning of the cross-head band of the arms b4 continuously stirs and agitates the cellular tissues or pulp, and the air which is discharged at the bottom of the tub or rank rises therethrough and permeates the entire mass and in connection with the steam and waterthoroughly cleanses the cellular tissues and removes therefrom all foreign substances, and when desired the cellular tissues or pulp may be drained off through the bottom of the tub or tank by means of the pipe h, which is controlled by a valve h2, provided with a handle h3.

The entire apparatus is simple in construction and operation and perfectly adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and changes in and modifications of the construction described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. An apparatus of the class described comprising a tub, a bracket or support secured across the top thereof, a vertically-arranged tube mounted therein and provided at its lower end with a tubular cross-head adapted to turn in said tub, said cross-head being provided With downwardly-directed tubular arms, said tube being provided at its upper end with a coupling having a plurality of branches and means for turning said tube, said tub being also provided near its top with overflow ports or passages, and beneath the same with an annular screen which is secured therein and between which and the walls of the tub is an annular space, substantially as shown and described.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, a tub, a bracket or support secured across the `top thereof, a vertically-arranged tube mounted therein and extending downwardly into said tub, and provided at its lower end with a tubular'cross-head adapted to turn with said tube in said tub, downwardly-directed tubnlararms con nected with said crosshead and a three-way coupling connected with the upper end ot' said tube above said bracket or support, and means for turning said tube, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in

presence of the subscribing witnesses, thisl 'Witnesses:

E, A. STEWART, F. F. TELLER. 

